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diff --git a/changes/trove-2017-001 b/changes/trove-2017-001 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5187e6d5f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/trove-2017-001 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + o Major bugfixes (security): + - Downgrade the "-ftrapv" option from "always on" to "only on when + --enable-expensive-hardening is provided." This hardening option, like + others, can turn survivable bugs into crashes--and having it on by + default made a (relatively harmless) integer overflow bug into a + denial-of-service bug. Fixes bug 21278 (TROVE-2017-001); bugfix on + 0.2.9.1-alpha. + |